Hiroki Kuroda made his first start of the spring Wednesday, giving up 3 hits and 3 runs in his 2 innings of work. With help from translator Kenji Nimura, here are some of Kuroda’s comments after his spring training start against the Rays…

Former Yankees pitcher and current Pirate A.J. Burnett was struck in the face by a batted ball on Wednesday, and will fly from the team’s spring training complex to Pittsburgh to have his right eye examined by team doctors.